Somberwald Dryad
Creature — Dryad
Forestwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Forest.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Dark Ascension
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #26371
Somberwald Dryad is a 2/1 for one green that pumps itself whenever a Forest enters under your control — payoff and body in one card, but only if your deck is built around land drops. Outside of dedicated landfall or Forest-tribal shells, it's an underpowered beater that won't threaten anything.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Somberwald Dryad earns a slot only in landfall decks that chain Forest drops reliably — think Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait or Azusa, Lost but Seeking shells where it can grow into a real threat over several turns. Pauper is the format where it has the most theoretical upside, since the power floor is lower and aggressive green strategies can leverage even modest bodies, though it still competes with strictly better one-drops. In Legacy and Vintage, Somberwald Dryad is legal but irrelevant — those formats don't want a 2/1 that requires infrastructure to be good. It's a bulk common that lives and dies by its Commander context.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Somberwald Dryad sits firmly in bulk territory and is unlikely to move — it's a niche common with no meaningful competitive demand. Pick it up as a throw-in if it fits your landfall build; there's no reason to pay more than a quarter for it.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.